Daily Features

A Trinidadian High Court judge yesterday dismissed an application filed by former Guyanese MP Abdul Kadir and his two co-conspirators, seeking to quash their extradition to the US to face terrorism charges.

(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) In a moving world, what is our heritage?

(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese construction worker charged with trafficking in drugs at Piarco International Airport has escaped with a fine, but still ended up in jail.

CAMBRIDGE – At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the buzz was about Asia’s growing power.

I bought the “rival” Kaieteur News this past Sunday. Two features made me instantly divert from what I really intended to emphasize today.

ISLAMABAD – As Pakistan gears up for its parliamentary election on February 18, many observers hope that the vote will usher in a period of stability and calm by lending popular legitimacy to the government.

The positive aspects of the West Indies performance in the recent Test series in South Africa discussed in the first instalment of this article were to some extent counterbalanced by the negative features.

A bubble in the American housing market – fuelled in part by so-called “sub-prime” mortgages – was the catalyst for today’s financial market turbulence.

A new building to house the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court was established one and a half years ago but it still has not been put into use.

(This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) David Thompson’s ascent to Prime Minister in Barbados on January 15th is a significant milestone in Caribbean politics because he is the first of a new generation of Caribbean leaders who were born in the 1960s.

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 VANCOUVER – Despite the growing importance of science in the modern world, science education remains a remote and minor issue for most people.

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.

It’s one of those weeks for me – as the more discerning might easily realise.

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The West Indies cricket team is now back home after completing its third tour of South Africa, whose former racist apartheid policy had prevented competition between the two teams until the 1990s.

The Department of State’s Office of Visa Services in Washington, D.C.

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.

The country is healing. It’s official. The Chronic made the announcement on Monday morning with this soporific headline: “Science technology being used to drive agricultural development.”

In the wake of the Lusignan massacre, what do you think the government needs to do to improve security?

It is now ten days since the murderous events that took the lives of five children, three women and three men, all Indian, in Lusignan.