Daily Features

By Maziki Thame Dr. Maziki Thame is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government, UWI, Mona.

By Jorge Heine BOSTON – After the euphoric Democratic National Convention in Chicago, there is little doubt that Kamala Harris’s candidacy has changed the dynamics of the 2024 US presidential race.

In Matthews Ridge at an abandoned airstrip 4.4 tonnes (8,000 pounds) of cocaine was found buried.

– Kehinde A. Togun WASHINGTON, DC – Young people have been leading large-scale protests in two of Africa’s most influential countries, Kenya and Nigeria.

By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – The US presidential election in November is critical for many reasons.

By Yi Fuxian MADISON, WISCONSIN – Chinese overcapacity is raising concerns worldwide.

Last week, we reviewed the status of financial reporting and audit of non-Central Government entities which number 180 and comprising public enterprises, statutory bodies, municipalities and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs).

By Neville Trotz Now retired, Ulric (Neville) Trotz was formerly the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize.

By Binaifer Nowrojee WASHINGTON, DC – Six months ago, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s grip on power in Bangladesh appeared unbreakable.

By Debasish Roy Chowdhury HONG KONG – Politically motivated bulldozing has returned with a vengeance in India.

By Laura Alfers and Christy Braham JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON, DC – Today’s escalating climate crisis disproportionately affects the world’s two billion informal workers.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva SALZBURG – Early in this century, I was told, the United Kingdom compiled a list of the ten most important actions to take in the event of an emergency.

By Lili Fuhr and James Kerry BERLIN/ZURICH – Life on Earth would not exist without the oceans and their interconnected and fragile ecosystems, many of which we barely understand.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Sometime Fellow of Harvard University and Fellow of the LSE In an eye-opening and much acclaimed new book, Autocracy Inc.,

Last week, we concluded our discussion of the two Supplementary Estimates totalling $40.8 million that the National Assembly approved three weeks ago.

By Samuel Brathwaite Dr. Samuel Braithwaite is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at The University of the West Indies, Mona.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana  Must Become Oil-Minded Column 134 Introduction This column is a continuation from last week which featured an adaptation of a presentation I made at an OGGN sponsored activity in New York last July 27.

Two Fridays ago, the National Assembly approved two financial papers presented by the Minister of Finance seeking Supplementary Estimates in the sum of $40.8 billion.

Like many Guyanese, I prefer to live in Guyana. This is home and no matter where in the world one travels there will never be a place like home.

By Nicholas Reed Langen LONDON – One of the few commendable acts of Liz Truss’s bizarre career came in March 2022, when, as British foreign secretary, she supported the withdrawal of British judges from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.