Daily Features

By Steven L. B. Jensen Steven L. B. Jensen is a Research Visitor at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights in Oxford and the author of  The Making of International Human Rights.

Britain is to hold a general election on December 12. It is a decision that the country’s political class hopes will end once and for all the damaging debate and procedural manoeuvres about how, when or whether the UK will leave the European Union.

As powerful as we may be, whether we be rich or poor, and no matter our ethnicity, death is inevitable.

-an innocent beautiful bank robber? Slightly personally upset that I didn’t avoid the local politics today.

Three women: a 42-year-old businesswoman, a 23-year-old housewife and a 37-year-old mother.

Along Guyana’s beleaguered coastline, the high tides rush in from the rippling grayish-brown expanse of Atlantic Ocean, where the latest lucrative oil wells are being drilled deep below the seabed.

Every so often one needs to abandon the hackneyed discourses that surround everyday politics and contemplate lasting solutions to tectonic issues. 

By Emma Navarro OSLO – The Earth’s oceans face many threats, none of which have quick fixes.

Speaking last week in Pittsburg, President Trump all but confirmed that the US was withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate change agreement.

By Kemahl Khan Editor’s Note: On Friday, September 13, QC alumnus, Kemahl “ARK” Khan, died while on vacation with his daughter and grand-children. 

This year a few new political parties were formed. The March 2020 elections are no doubt critical, but we have been there before.

In a report on March 13, 2019 last Dr. Jan Mangal, who has been on a crusade to get the contract with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary renegotiated is credited with having indicated that “… changing the royalty, from two to more, would see Exxon putting up a fight.

When it comes to the topic of hair, many are quick to label it as a frivolous thing.

-Last week’s significant quotes For citizens concerned. Do you find time to consider the status, character, integrity and/or abilities of those who assume positions of authority to direct and manage our national life?

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”.