Daily Features

NEW YORK – In medical school, we learned about the ghastly effects of severe protein-calorie malnutrition.

By Kesaundra Alves Kesaundra Alves is an attorney-at-law who specializes in public health law in Guyana and the Caribbean region.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it would no longer be part of the 19-member U.S.

In almost every country in the Caribbean, tourism has been transformative.

Women are encouraged to leave abusive relationships, but are we preparing our men to cope when they leave?

Because I had had enough of Bharrat Jagdeo’s direct and covert rule and dominion over Guyana’s resources and destiny in 2015, I voted for the best of the bad lot – Granger/Nagamootoo in 2015.

Insects whirled in the warm glow of the light outside the palapa or palm leaf hut set high on the steep banks of the gleaming white-water river.

(Cultural day presentation to the Pan African Movement: Guyana) I thank the Pan African Movement of Guyana for inviting me to say a few words on the general theme: ‘In the footsteps of Kofi: referencing the Grenadian revolution of 13th March 1979’.

BRUSSELS – When seeking investment capital and seemingly lucrative commercial deals, EU member-state governments do not always consider shared European interests.

Latin American countries that until now demanded the immediate resignation without preconditions of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro are now considering a change of strategy.

By Raffique Shah Raffique Shah has offered political commentary for several Trinidadian newspapers since the 1980s, and now writes a weekly column for the Trinidad Express.

The Canadian parliamentary system is said to honour the idea of responsible government as one of its key principles.

New winds are blowing through the Caribbean. Some may welcome what they bring, others may not.

Hundreds of Guyanese were at the Square of the Revolution this week to meet with ministers of government and other officials.

“Mr Sobers” is attorney-at-law Leslie Anthony Sobers of whom I’m a great fan – which might soon seem an irony.

Among the dozens of appealing American advertisements crammed in the colourful comic books of our youth was the magic mystery of “The Money Maker.”

In the context of Guyana, last Friday’s decision by the Court of Appeal was not a surprise to me.

If you are wondering whether Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke is a Latino, the answer is no: he’s a fourth-generation Irish-American whose father gave him the Spanish nickname “Beto.”

By David Keith CAMBRIDGE – Negotiations on geoengineering technologies ended in deadlock at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, last week, when a Swiss-backed proposal to commission an expert UN panel on the subject was withdrawn amid disagreements over language.

If the current political controversy is about the control of the anticipated oil revenues and continues to escalate, we would have failed the first test in our attempt to avoid the resource curse.