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Part 74 Introduction A couple of weeks ago, Column 73 examined a statement by Dr.

That B.A.M.N. PNC Victory! Sophia, Capoey, Greenheart and Papcaan! De-emphasising politics and other national headaches today, I return, however briefly, to that modern day social phenomenon that both intrigues and irritates me.

Once referred to as “white gold,” sugar has been facing some tough times lately.

As a child, I heard vivid stories from my father about his fearless mother, a flashing firecracker, who thumped contrite men, foolish enough to interfere with her family and livelihood.

After some of  60 years of ethnic jostling, 45 years of de facto division into separate states, and 30 years of  efforts at finding a solution, the United Nations representative to the 30th anniversary bicommunal meeting of the parties on the 21st June 2019 stated that hope still remains alive for the establishment of a bi-communal  federation for it still is viewed as the ‘most acceptable solution’ across the two communities of Cyprus (https://in-cyprus.com/hope-still-remains-alive-un-diplomat-tells-conference-on-bicommunal-party-meetings/)!

By Shahra Razavi NEW YORK – Political economy has come a long way.

The rule of law is a cornerstone of democracy. This is also enshrined in the Commonwealth Charter and the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles. 

By Clare Anderson Clare Anderson is Professor of History at the University of Leicester.

-Our vital institutions – A layman’s lament I was thinking of alerting my Editor that every Friday I would just record repetitively, my personally-held refrain: That the PNC – masquerading as “APNU” – will triumph at the next elections whenever His Excellency so proclaims them.

In present day Guyana, hardly a day goes by without some mention of oil.

I am related to every person living in the world today.

A democratic polity, in which the law rules supreme, is only possible where there is broad consensus around the conceptual, structural and main processes of the state.

By  J. Bradford DeLong BERKELEY – Global superpowers have always found it painful to acknowledge their relative decline and deal with fast-rising challengers.

The Trump administration should use its newly announced quasi-embargo on Venezuela as a bargaining chip to get much stronger international economic sanctions against that country’s dictatorship.

According to a recent United Nations report on climate change, human activity is causing a dramatic degradation of the Earth’s land, thereby making global warming worse.

By D. Alissa Trotz D. Alissa Trotz is editor of the  In the Diaspora Column A little over a week ago, Guyanese woke up to what can only be described as a racist and xenophobic attack on Haitians in the Guyana Times newspaper.

The xenophobic attacks on Haitian immigrants is an attack on humanity and an attack on the essence of what it means to share this space we call Earth.

Haiti, one of the only countries I know to have a perennial adjunct attached to it.

-Image versus reality… Greetings friends. I won’t completely avoid traffic fatalities, court decisions, murder, robbery, rape and local politics today.

Introduction It has been a week of headlines in the petroleum sector.