Daily Features

By Marsha Hinds Marsha Hinds is the immediate past President of the National Organization of Women of Barbados and the co-founder of Operation Safe Space. 

We exist in a harsh environment not because of the heat or cold or shrubs or stones, but because we are trapped by the system.

Hardly likely I’ll ever live to see… Because I’ve been at this repeatedly over past years, I must be brief, succinct.

By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY – In the Caribbean, summer is when things happen.

In early May, the “Women’s Chronicles” column in Stabroek News did a piece on sexual harassment within the police force.

Early on the second day of the New Year in 2015, the Chief Cook of The Bahamas-flagged carrier “Bulk Jupiter,” was ready to start preparing breakfast for the 18 other crew members, when the rough weather and waters worsened.

By Juan Manuel Santos BOGOTÁ – In Paradise Lost, the English poet John Milton encapsulates a fundamental truth about the struggle to end a violent conflict and establish a sustainable peace: “Who overcomes by force, Hath overcome but half his foe.”

By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Isabella Massa Isabella Massa is Senior Economist at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

By Alfred Bhulai, Janette Bulkan, Jocelyn Dow, Danuta Radzik, Vanda Radzik, Troy Thomas, Maya Trotz The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Public Notice on June 25, 2021 stating that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was required for the “Gas to Energy Project” led by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL).

By  Karen Dubinsky and Susan Lord Karen Dubinsky and Susan Lord teach at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where they teach and coordinate a Cuban cultural exchange program. 

Last week, we reported that former South African President Jacob Zuma turned himself over to the authorities after he was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for his failure to appear before the country’s anti-corruption commission to answer charges of corruption while holding office.

The government of Guyana through the Ministry of Education has begun to distribute the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant to every child in the public school system.

Introduction Over the past few weeks ExxonMobil has been holding public consultations on an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an Environmental Authorisation for what it describes as a Gas to Energy Project Onshore and Offshore.

Defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, potential and dignity and that is harmful to their physical and mental development, child labour today continues to wreak havoc on the lives of many of our nation’s youth.

What new protest(s) today? Remember always – I hardly make you forget – that this is the working class layman’s perspective of things.

Installment 2021-7 Q: Will my case move faster if I pay a third party? 

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Former UN Under-Secretary-General; Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Guyana remains in search of a national consensus.

Abandoned for more than 50 years, and surrounded by Guyanese jungle, the manganese mine had become home to vast colonies of breeding bats and putrid piles of guano.

By Mary Robinson DUBLIN – The COVID-19 pandemic has recast the world for millions of people.

By  Joseph E. Stiglitz and Geoffrey Heal NEW YORK – Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, argued that the pursuit of private interests – profits – will invariably promote the common good.