Daily Features

I admire the trio of tiny squirrels scampering up the Julie mango trees, in the early morning sunshine, with the distant curtains of metallic mist looming above the lush Northern Range.

(A column by Transparency Institute Guyana Inc) The issue of whistleblowing was discussed recently in the public domain both with respect to the Guyana Police Force and the larger public service.

There is a belief in some quarters that the present universal basic income (UBI) debate is being motivated by the wish to gain political popularity and win votes at the 2020 elections and such is the nature of democratic politics.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – Until recently, Indians had gotten used to taking economic growth for granted.

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – US President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw American troops from Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish offensive against the Kurds, is an unconscionable betrayal of a strategic ally.

A few days ago, the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) announced that it is to restructure its operations in the face of rising costs and the need to “elevate tourism development in the region”.

By Kevin Edmonds & Grace Wu Kevin Edmonds is an Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto and a member of the Caribbean Solidarity Network.

Fears of dying in a traffic collision are real for many.

Our 2020 Prime Minister? Believe it or not fellow-citizens it was a news–item about the evening/night-time hazards and criminality around Georgetown’s Stabroek Square which motivated my lead captions – and issue – shared here.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is here, can you tell? If you have somehow managed to miss its announcement through the bombardment of pink ribbons, promotions and fundraising events, chances are that you live in an area where bringing awareness to you might not necessarily be economical to those involved.

The modern hero of the popular British crime drama, “Sherlock” ponders in one memorable episode, “When does the path we walk on lock around our feet?”

In last week’s Future Notes I quoted President David Granger as saying, ‘Now my brothers and sisters, we are in government again. 

By  Bertrand Badré and Antoine Sire PARIS – Four years after world leaders signed the Paris climate agreement and adopted the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global environmental crisis shows every sign of worsening.

By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE – In Mohammed Hanif’s novel Red Birds, an American bomber pilot crashes his plane in the Arabian desert and is stranded among the locals in a nearby refugee camp.

Older readers of this column may remember a time when most Caribbean economies were dominated by family owned and run companies.

By The Caribbean Voice According to the World Health Organization (WHO) one in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives.

“One foot in the grave” is an expression used to describe people who are very sick or near death.

-Politicising even the cricket? The official description for our February 23 national holiday is Republic Day.

In June 2019, it was reported that Savita Persaud, owner of the “Liquid love” bar in Station Street was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for the sex trafficking of two Venezuelan women.

Just after midnight Tuesday, as most of the country dozed, the vehicles bearing dozens of camouflage-clad cops pulled up quietly outside the high walls of the nondescript Transformed Life Ministry (TLM), along the major Eastern Main Road.