Daily Features

By William Ruto NAIROBI – The recent, record-breaking $100 billion replenishment of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) is a significant milestone.

Two Saturdays ago, the President announced the grant of the usual annual tax-free Christmas bonus of one month’s salary to the Disciplined Services for ‘their unwavering service, sacrifice, and commitment to safeguarding the nation’s security’.

By Roberta Clarke On December 17th, 2017, Samantha Isaac was murdered by her former partner in Trinidad and Tobago, taken away from her three-year-old son.

By Galip Dalay OXFORD – In September 2015, Russia intervened militarily in Syria’s civil war, propping up Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship as it teetered on the brink of collapse.

The screams of a Toshao faded into silence and no one went to enquire.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 147 Introduction Last week’s part 1 of this mini-series dealt mainly with the court case and subsequent renegotiation of the Churchill Falls Hydro project in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

LONDON – Groundbreaking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have understandably generated a lot of excitement, bringing hope to the hundreds of millions of people grappling with obesity.

By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY – There is no question that immigration was a defining issue in last month’s US presidential election.

Ask-the-Consul Installment 24-12 In this edition of our Ask-the-Consul, we will explain the process of transmitting U.S.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan With its membership of the UN Security Council and its new-found resources, Guyana is a growing player on the international scene.

By Nathalie Alvarado and Ana María Ibáñez WASHINGTON, DC – Violent crime in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has for decades taken a steep toll on lives and livelihoods.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 146 Introduction Contrary to the clear wishes of the Ali Administration and its sidekick ExxonMobil, the call for the renegotiation of the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (Exxon PSA) will not likely end soon.

By Mauricio Cabrera Leal BOGOTÁ – Fueled by the clean-energy transition and surging gold prices, demand for critical minerals and metals is rising at an unprecedented pace.

By Alyssa A. L. James Alyssa A. L. James, Ph.D. is a Jamaican Canadian anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California’s Society of Fellows in the Humanities.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the area of Caledonia and Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

By  Diego Gambetta and Thomas Hegghammer TURIN/OXFORD – Israel’s detonation of thousands of pagers held by Hezbollah fighters and loyalists in mid-September will be remembered as one of the most ingenious plots in the history of spycraft.

Another American fast-food restaurant is opening in Guyana and some of the people call it progress.

By Justina Nixon-Saintil NEW YORK – With artificial intelligence poised to reshape industries worldwide, a paradox is emerging.

On the anniversary of the passing of Martin Carter and the 70th anniversary of the publication of Poems of Resistance from British Guiana, Gemma Robinson revisits Carter’s work.

By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf MONROVIA – As Africa’s first democratically elected female president, I am more familiar than most people with the significance of breaking the glass ceiling.