Daily Features

History This Week No. 2008/12

West Indies – Sri Lanka Test Cricket: A historical perspective (Part I) By Winston McGowan Caribbean cricket fans are currently focusing on the visit to the region by the Sri Lankans.

High Anxiety

Cristopher Lane(This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.)

NY Guyanese charged in sex favours immigration case

A New York-based Guyanese working as an adjudicator in an office of the US Citizen and Immigration Services has pleaded not guilty to promising to secure immigration papers for a Colombian woman in exchange for sexual favours, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Friday.

What the people say about

The govt’s crime response eight weeks after Lusignan Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah This week we asked the man/woman in the street if they were happy with the government’s response to crime eight weeks after the Lusignan massacre.

In the Diaspora

Making On The Map By Annalee Davis Annalee Davis is a visual artist living and working in Barbados.

Bombing the US budget

by Pascal Boniface (Pascal Boniface is Director of the Institute for International and Strategic relations, Paris (IRIS).

Wednesday Ramblings

Unsubful. Ungroupthink. Undoublespeak We were woken from a dream…the golden wheat fields of the Ukraine stretched out across the steppe; we bumped along the rutted road, the family’s belongings lurching in the rickety cart.

Zimbabwe’s last chance

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

What the people say about

65 as the pensionable age Do you support the proposal by the reform committee that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensionable age be raised from 60 to 65 years?

In the Diaspora

(This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guy-anese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) Making the Case for a Living Income Red Thread To mark International Women’s Day, this week’s column draws on a Red Thread leaflet, which makes the case for higher old age pensions and public assistance.

Frankly Speaking By A.A. Fenty

‘Children of the Culture’ – and blatant discrimination The caption is from the mouth and mind of Dave Martins, the leader of the Caribbean band, the TradeWinds.

What next after failed sanctions on Iran?

LOS ANGELES – The approval of fresh sanctions on Iran marks the third time that the United Nations Security Council has been galvanised to stem the Islamic Republic’s feared uranium enrichment efforts.

What the people say about New Amsterdam Mash

This week we asked the people of Berbice to comment on the Mashramani celebration in New Amsterdam and generally about the crime situation and got the following responses: Shivraj Somwaru, self-employed ‘Last Sunday was the first time I ever went to the Mash and I enjoyed myself although I went late.

The Three Trillion Dollar War

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world NEW YORK – With March 20 marking the fifth anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq, it’s time to take stock of what has happened.

Frankly Speaking

Why not? Guyana, through its President some five/six months ago, generously offered to host the landmark tenth edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta.)

The End of the Age of Friedman

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

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