Daily Features

This year’s analysis showed again how fossil fuel corruption undermines climate efforts, including in the United States.

Introduction In commemoration of the renowned artist Stanley Greaves’ 90 birthday, the Sunday Stabroek will be featuring images of some of his artwork accompanied by poems written by him.

By Carlos Nobre and Marielos Peña-Claros SÃO PAULO/WAGENINGEN – Between November 2023 and October 2024, the Amazon rainforest faced yearly average temperature increases above 2° Celsius.

The tides are constant and rough in Guyana. We are swallowed by them only to come up momentarily for air.

By Tobias Bunde and Sophie Eisentraut MUNICH – It has become a truism of foreign-policy debates nowadays that the world is at the dawn of a multipolar era.

By Gordon Brown EDINBURGH – After announcing his intention to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump has indicated that he might be willing to reconsider.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana.

     By Henry Muttoo, Cayman Islands In his foreword to the 1963 publication, The Artist in West Indian Society, the eminent West Indian educator and novelist, John Hearne opined: “The…true story of the West Indian artist for the past generation is a record of the anguished attempts to make our landscape symbolically significant.”

Say NO to corruption. It hurts us all. The economic consequences for countries with high levels of corruption are indeed very grave.

By J. Bradford DeLong BERKELEY – “It’s almost like they knew Trump was bluffing.”

There are five stages to successful behaviour change. These are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance.

By Peter Singer MELBOURNE – Donald Trump has wasted no time clarifying what “America First” – the dominant idea driving his election campaign – means in practice.

By Chris Patten LONDON – In the final months of his term, former US President Joe Biden repeatedly warned of the growing threat to liberal democracies worldwide and the US-led framework that has underpinned global security, trade, and international cooperation since the 1940s.

-Guyana invited to join in The government of France will next week host an artificial intelligence (AI) summit hoping to highlight both the risks and benefits that AI brings to the world and wants Guyana to join in its charge.

By Carla Norrlöf WASHINGTON, DC – In a dramatic escalation of trade tensions, US President Donald Trump has imposed an across-the-board 10% tariff on goods from China, threatened a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and vowed similar measures against the European Union.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana.

By Moisés Naím WASHINGTON, DC – Venezuela’s future will be largely shaped by US policymakers and lobbyists over the next year.

Business and economic commentary by Christopher Ram Introduction In a letter in the Stabroek News of 11 January 2025, spurred by the tragic death of the Chinese rigger at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DBH), I noted that the many injuries and fatalities that occur annually in mining pits, construction sites, and factories across Guyana underscore the widespread neglect of workplace safety.

By Cristine Sabrina Khan Dr. Cristine Sabrina Khan is a PRODIG+ Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University.