Daily Features

The “B” word is not used officially to describe the Indigenous peoples of Guyana.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – When the results of India’s general election were announced on June 4, the biggest losers were the pundits and pollsters, who had almost unanimously predicted an overwhelming victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 129 Introduction On 29th December 2023, in a letter to the press, I argued that the Natural Resource Fund was overstated by G$274 BN.,

By Chris Patten LONDON – One would hope that the run-up to the United Kingdom’s general election on July 4 would feature not just weeks of political insults, dubious statistics, and empty promises but also a serious discussion about the country’s current state.

In this our third and final article on the subject, we revisit the key findings and recommendations of the 2015 Commission of Inquiry into the Guyana Public Service.

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is Professor Emeritus and former Lecturer at University of Guyana.

Visits by US congressmen spark hope in some and demonstrate desperation in others.

By Tom Achoki, Lawrence Were, and Ahmed Ogwell NAIROBI/BOSTON/WASHINGTON, DC – On December 12, 2019, a group of patients in Wuhan, China, started showing symptoms of an atypical pneumonia-like illness that did not respond well to standard treatments.

By Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana and Previously UN High Commissioner for Human Rights These are swift-moving times and humanity is in need of anchors of stability and of justice.

By Raghuram G. Rajan CHICAGO – There is a buzz in India today – a sense of limitless possibilities.

“This court …… is satisfied that Mahender Sharma and Joslyn Mckenzie ought to have recused themselves from the decision-making process of the EAB regarding the exemption of the power plant from an environmental impact assessment…” By Danuta Radzik (Danuta Radzik is a woman and child rights advocate, counsellor,  educator for over 40 years and environmental defender) I am grateful for the opportunity to comment on Judge Morris- Ramlall’s ruling on May 3, 2024 in the case, Danuta Radzik and the Environmental Assessment Board, and on some of the events which led up to the filing of this court case.

In last week’s article, we began a discussion about the need to have in place a politically neutral and professional Public Service that serves the interest of the country.

By  William Ruto NAIROBI – Climate change continues to ravage Africa, which is enduring extreme weather and natural disasters on an unprecedented scale.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 128 Introduction The two previous parts on this subject carried on Tuesday (21st.)

By Danjuma Adda JALINGO – In late March, the World Health Organization released new guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – In December 1949, Mao Zedong flew to Moscow to meet Joseph Stalin.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 127 Introduction Yesterday’s column addressed three Guarantee and Indemnity Agreements (GIA) granted by the oil companies to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 126   Introduction The Official Gazette of 11 May 2023 published two documents – a Guarantee and Indemnity Agreement  dated 9th June 2023 (GIA) and a Contract of Insurance effective 1st.

By Suraj Yengde Suraj Yengde, who earned his PhD from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, is currently reading for a second doctoral degree in the Faculty of History at Oxford University.

Two recent editorials in the Stabroek News under the following captions caught our attention: “Binary worldview” and “Permanent secretaries” published on 12 May 2024 and 13 May 2024, respectively.