Daily Features

If ever a country needed more civility in the discourse conducted between its political and other leaders it is Guyana now.

Public good The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) has proposed a hike in the tuition fees to be paid by students of the university.

World champion Magnus Carlsen has won three coveted chess titles, making him the World Champion in the classical or conventional format, as well as in the rapid and blitz formats.

Have you ever thought of growing your own kitchen herbs in pots or window boxes?

Saag Aloo is a North Indian vegetarian dish made of any type of leafy greens and potatoes.

In the Sunday Stabroek two weeks ago (June 15), artist Stanley Greaves wrote about Roderick ‘Bermine’ Bartrum, who passed away recently.

The following is a guest column addressing LGBT rights in light of recent public statements: Two weeks ago, the Vice-Chairman of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO), Pastor Ronald McGarrell, went on the radio and shared his view that homosexuals should live on island by themselves in order to spare heterosexuals God’s wrath.

President Donald Ramotar and his People’s Progressive Party/Civic Administration (PPP/C) have taken Guyana into a state of near anarchy.

I actually missed the news item on Gecom and campaign funding which one friend mentioned.

Non-Immigrant Visa Holders: No Interview Required for Renewals! Interview Waiver Program (IWP) Q: What is the Interview Waiver Program (IWP)?

Guyana’s special landscape, its lush forests, rolling savannahs, white sand plains, vast muddy rivers and that yawning Atlantic Ocean lapping at the edge of Georgetown, plays a role in shaping the individual Guyanese.

Nothing exemplifies more clearly the difficulties of doing politics in Guyana and the need for clear strategic thinking than Mr.

By Jeffrey D Sachs  NEW YORK – If the world is to solve the climate-change crisis, we will need a new approach.

By Hilbourne Watson   Barbadian Hilbourne A. Watson is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania   In “The Idea of Barbados,” a commentary carried in Barbados Today on April 3rd, Prime Minister of St.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently completed its examination of the public accounts of Guyana for the years 2010 and 2011.

Interviews and photos by Jannelle Williams This week we asked vendors in the New Amsterdam Market to talk about issues of concern they might have about the market.

As indicated last week, today’s column is the last in the series of columns that I started on January 5, 2014 aimed at appraising the crisis state of Guyana’s sugar industry.

Newly re-elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ proposal to prohibit successive presidential re-elections is the best political initiative I have seen in South America in recent years.

Once again the issue of an apology from the PNCR has become topical.

One must be thankful that there are things to read other than the blood-filled and vitriol-laced pages of the daily newspapers.