Daily Features

Three years ago, the reality that we are currently living in only seemed possible in dystopian films and novels.

One week into a “Happy”(?) New Year? It has to be one major historical misfortune of this country’s political existence.

Imagining a better future for the Caribbean is not hard, but delivering it is becoming infinitely more complex.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – The restrictive, illiberal trend that has come to characterize India over the last five years has a new data point.

A recent study conducted by the UK charity, Christian Aid, assessed the cost of the damage caused by ten of last year’s most devastating weather events at around US$170 billion.

Editor’s Note: On December 30, 2021, President Irfaan Ali assented to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill which was controversially passed on Wednesday, 29 December 2021 in the National Assembly.

On civil defiance and lawlessness I’ve decided that this contribution will be one of the shorter man-in-the-street columns that this Friday feature represents.

There is something about a New Year that makes you start thinking about a fresh start.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan In the dark era of colonial and racist oppression, in the 1940s, a talented young Guyanese, James Barrington Parris, succeeded in enrolling at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he attended an impromptu lecture on the theory of relativity by no less an eminence than the great Albert Einstein.

By Mabel van Oranje LONDON – With the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the world has lost an unstoppable force for good who taught compassion and forgiveness, and pursued his mission with a will of iron.

Whenever conversations surrounding masculinity arise, one is often prompted to ask what is meant by it.

Why death heralds his Birth I’ll voluntarily plead guilty to my personal post-seventy cynicism, with creeping indifference, regarding this still-somewhat-endearing “season” of Christmas.

The distinct bittersweet fragrance accented with smoky notes, select spices, crisp bay leaves and blazing hot peppers will waft through the homes of Guyanese, as we prepare to celebrate Christmas with our most famous national dish.

By Henrietta H. Fore and David Malpass WASHINGTON, DC – As the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, classrooms remain fully or partially closed for as many as 647 million schoolchildren around the world.

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is about the size of Florida.

By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity.

Guyanese love Christmas. Christmas music is played as early as October and some people will ‘break up’ the house a month or more before they clean and decorate.

He migrated to the United States of America as a happy, athletic child, who enjoyed running, climbing fruit trees, playing games with his friends outside, and having great fun as a growing boy in Guyana.

Violence Against Girls and Women remains a common feature in Guyana.

Welcome back Atlantic Symphony Joe was naughty! Belligerent! Pugnacious! Even vicious in his repudiations, assertions and rejections.